Track-liner.



N. BERMAN.

TRACK LINER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1a. 1911.

1 ,273,569. Patented July 23, 1918.

manner.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN BERMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO LOTTIE T- BERMAN, or P I DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRACK-LINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN BERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Track-Liners, of ,which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improved trackiliner, and is particularly adapted for bodily shifting railroad tracks.

One object of my invention is to provide I positions being shown in full lines prior to i the movement of a track, the other position being shown in dot-and-dash lines showing the effect of movement of the bar on the track.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view, on a smaller scale than shown in Fig. 1, showing in dotand-dash lines the shifted position of the track. I

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 on a slightly enlarged scale.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a railroad track showing the position occupied by my invention when used to shift the track, and r Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lower end of the shifting bar which forms a part of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, the track of which only one rail 1 is illustrated, includes ties 2 which are spaced apart in the usual This track, as illustrated, rests upon a road bed 3 which may consist of crushed stones or other suitable material.

My invention consists ofa fiat plate 4 having brackets 5 secured thereto by rivets 6 or other suitable means. These brackets are spaced apart and have upwardly projecting ears 7 through which, extends a pivot pin 8. This pin is preferably forced through both of the ears 7 so as to be securely held there- 111 during the operation of the device and projects through an elongated slot 9 formed within my improved shifting bar 10.

The lower end 11 of the bar ,10 has a curved edge surface 12 designed to rock upon the upper surface of the plate 4'as will be hereinafter more fully described. The curved edge surface 12, adjacent the extreme lower end 13 of the bar 10 blends with a substantially flat edge surface 14. The edge surface opposite the edge surface 12 is also curved as shown at 15, the slot 9 being'formed in the material between these two curved edge surfaces 12 and 15.

The bar 10 at its upper portion is designed to receive a handle 16 which is preferably made'tubular so as to embrace the upper end of the bar and to increase the leverage. The edge portion of the bar between the curved part 15 and the extreme end 13, is preferably made substantially flat as at 17 for a purpose hereinafter described.

The pivot pin 8 is of smaller diameter than the width of the slot 9 in the bar 10.

In the use of my invention, the plate 4 is inserted between the ties 2and rests on the upper surface of the roadbed. The entire device, including the plate 4: and the lower end of the bar 10, is slid under the base of the rail 1 as clearly shown in full line positions in Fig. 1, and until the curved edge surface 15 of the bar 10 engages the edge 18 of said. rail 1. The bar 10 is then rocked through the medium of the handle 16 which raises the portion 17 into contact with the edge 19 of said rail 1. i w

A continued rocking movement of the bar 10 raises the rail 1 and with it the ties 2, and simultaneously shifts the track laterally, for example, into the dot-and-dash line position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

When the handle 16 is again raised, the

lifted rails and ties will fall again into contact with the roadbed but in a shifted position, it being noted that the fiat surface 17 permits the rail to readily slide or fall downwardly under the control of the bar 10.

By forming the slot 9 at the angle illustrated and making the pin of a diameter less than the width of said slot, the lifting strain is removed from the pin, the pin merely acting t h ld the shifti g ar in its prop r Patented July 23, 1918.

position relatively to the plate 4. Alsoyby ha ving the edge ll substantially flat, the end "13 'firmly re'sts upon'the plate. 4 andthe construction is such that comparatively little 5 room is required between the under surfa'ce of the rail and the top of the roadbed to -permit'the proper positioning of my invention. "This feature isfof practical importance since there is eaten-very little-room between the upper surface of the roadbed and the bottom surfaceof the base of the rails; V

By the use of my invention, tracks may 7 be bodilymoved or shifted eitherto re#aline themor during their installation-- While I have: described my invention as taking a particular form, it Will be un-derstood 7 that the :various parts of J my invention may *be changed Without departing limit m'yself. to the preciseconstruction set fort-h, bub-consider tliatI' am'at liberty-to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within the scope of" the: appended f cl-aimsr stantially fla'tr lower edge: 1 surface 3 adj acent 40aits extreme ,end and designed to engage-the j upper surfacejof=said;plate; sa'idiend portion also having; a curved; edge. blending with said-"lflat 'ed-geandrdesigned to; rock upon:1tlie;.-upper surface of said plate,-"said 1 4 5-1 portionof :the shifting ,b'ar'having "an elongated 'slotrtherein, brackets securedto: said plate; a spin held by, said E'brackets and" eX- extend an angle slanting in one direction I and Whenthe shifting ba-iwis rocked into-its lower%pos1t1on;saidslot W ll-extend atra slantlin the opposite direction whereby the rocking movement of'said shiftingrbar Will cause itto move longitudinally in one direction and then durin g the final rocking movement tomove longitudinally in an opposite direction, substantially as described.

2. A track liner comprising a plate having a plane bottom surface free ofprojections designedto'beinseited under a rail, a shift ing bar mounted to rock on the plate, said bar having an en'd portion" designedto extend'jundenthe base of the rail from'one side thereof a-nd "when rocked to engage said rail atthe opposite side thereof 'to laterally-- shift it; said end portion having a;-substantially=-- fiat lower edge surface 'adj acent its extreme end i and 1 designed to engage the upper sur face of said N plate, said end -portion" also having acurved efdgeblending with} said flat edge and designeclito rocleu-pon the up per surface of said plate, said portionofthe ba-r lraving a railengaging edge-surface; the portion ,of saidlatten surface adjacent: the extreme lower: end being substantially flat and blending witln-a' curvecl edge-surface;

said latter curved edge: surface being topposi-te-thecurved surface which engages said' plate during therockin-g -II1OV6IIL6I1t :OfEil3l16 bar, said bar having an elongated'wslotextending' between said curved edge "surfaces; 7

brackets on 1 said pl-ate and" having vertical ears, and a. pin supported'iby said vertical ea'rsbf said bra'clcets.- and'iextending rthrough said slot, said slot extending in such'idirec- "tion that; when:theeshiftinggbar'risin its V raisedposition theislot will I extend at an angle slanting-in. one direction and When thershifting bar is rockedv into .itslower positions-said islet givill extend 1 at a slant in movement of said shiftinglbarvvill cause it to move longitudlnally in one direction/and tion, substantially as 1 described; In testimony Whe-reof I have .7 name! to this specifioation'in thezpresence of gteniding throughisaidislot said slot eXtend- T ing in such direction that'=vvhen the: shifting I eo bar isi: ingitsq raised position the. slot: Will two sub scribing witnesses;

HMB RMAN.

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